Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bushwick
Knickerbocker Avenue in 2006. It is a main shopping street south of Maria Hernandez Park.
Knickerbocker Avenue in 2006. It is a main shopping street south of Maria Hernandez Park.
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°55′01″W / 40.697°N 73.917°W / 40.697; -73.917
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Community DistrictBrooklyn 4[1]
Area
 • Total
6.1 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total
129,239
 • Density21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Hispanic67.0%
 • Black18.5%
 • White9.4%
 • Asian3.9%
 • Others1.1%
Economics
 • Median income$33,162
Time zoneUTC– 05:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC– 04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11206, 11207, 11221, 11237
Area code718, 347, 929, and 917

Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; East New York and the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southeast; Brownsville to the south; and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the southwest.[3]

The town was first founded by the Dutch as Boswijck during the Dutch colonization of the Americas in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the neighborhood became a community of German immigrants and their descendants. The 20th century saw an influx of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans up to the 1980s. By the late 20th century, the neighborhood became predominantly Hispanic as another wave of immigrants arrived. Formerly Brooklyn's 18th Ward, the neighborhood was once an independent town and has undergone various territorial changes throughout its history.

Bushwick is part of Brooklyn Community District 4, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11206, 11207, 11221, and 11237.[1] It is patrolled by the 83rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department.[4] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 34th and 37th Districts.[5]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference PLP5South was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Department of Sociology, Sociology of Brooklyn Page". brooklyn.cuny.edu. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 83rd Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.

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